Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Slack.
Salesforce just closed its $28-billion Slack megadeal. However, the company does not seem to be done spending big bucks. On Tuesday, the CRM giant said it is about to get into the streaming media segment with the launch of Salesforce+. The project will be a digital media network focused on video... Read more
3 years ago
The multi-billion dollar deal has been in the making since last year. This week Salesforce announced it has completed its acquisition of Slack Technologies, Inc. The companies say the deal, worth $27.7 billion, will allow them to create the "digital HQ for success from anywhere". Marc Benioff... Read more
3 years ago
The company hopes to help businesses adopt what they call a "digital-first" approach to work. Slack this week announced a suite of new tools designed to reduce the daily slog of 9-5 video meetings that have become so commonplace due COVID-19. The new features include a range of new features, ... Read more
3 years ago
Slack rolled out a new feature this week named Connect DM. It allowed people to send direct messages to people they don’t even work with. A few hours later, the company was already regretting this decision because people showed just how easy it is for harassment and abuse to proliferate. Slac... Read more
3 years ago
Salesforce.com and Slack Technologies have both been given requests from the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division, to provide additional information, related to their planned $27.7 billion deal. The two companies were also instructed to provide documentary material, according to the... Read more
3 years ago
The deal, rumored to be worth over $2 billion, would represent a COVID-driven increase in Wrike's valuation since 2018. This week Bloomberg reports that Citrix Systems is in advanced talks to buy the work-management platform company Wrike for more than $2 billion. Bloomberg's reporting is accord... Read more
3 years ago
Salesforce has made the acquisition of Slack official. The two companies have signed an agreement for a sum of 27.7 billion dollars, approximately 23 billion euros. In a press release, Salesforce states that the company will pay out 26.79 billion to Slack's stakeholders, plus 0.0776 Salesforce s... Read more
3 years ago
Salesforce appears to be planning an acquisition of Slack. The company may be paying a sum of 17 billion US dollars for the communications platform. This would make it the largest acquisition by Salesforce ever. The rumour of the takeover stems from a report by the Wall Street Journal. The newsp... Read more
3 years ago
New improvements seek to make Looker dashboards quicker and more useful. Looker announced the new dashboard features at a virtual event called JOIN@Home. Google acquired Looker in a $2.6 billion deal earlier this year. For Google, this was a great way to get into the fast growing Data Analytics ... Read more
4 years ago
This week, Slack is holding its Frontiers conference virtually. The company is introducing new features that will make messaging between partners simpler. Similarly, Slack is also talking about experimental features it will add on the platform soon. Features to aid communication with partners ou... Read more
4 years ago
